#A49D44#A49D44

#A49D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D44
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -9.19, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 47.38, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0284 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.111 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4111, 32.4248, 10.2297)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D44 #444BA4

analogous

#A46D44 #A49D44 #7BA444

triadic

#A49D44 #44A49D #9D44A4

tetradic

#A49D44 #44A46D #444BA4 #A4447B

square

#A49D44 #44A46D #444BA4 #A4447B

split-complementary

#A49D44 #447BA4 #6D44A4

monochromatic

#4D4A20 #797432 #A49D44 #BFB966 #D1CD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A49D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D44

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D44	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b97b',
    500: '#a49d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d44;
$custom-light: #c1b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D44

secondary

#878BBD

accent

#60D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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